Soil moisture content estimation using ground-penetrating radar reflection data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 307, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 254-269

  Lunt, I A ^a,c   Hubbard, S S ^b   Rubin, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GPR; Irrigation; Precision agriculture; Reflection; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; SOIL SATURATION; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT (VWC); WATER FLOW;

MOISTURE;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER;

EID: 19744369457     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.10.014     Document Type: Article

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